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LIST: Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy for Book Clubs [by Feliza Casano]
Hooray for lists, for nerdiness, for books, and for bookclubs! See the full list for yourself here: http://www.unboundworlds.com/2018/04/...

Valerie Brett
May 30, 20181 min read
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Men Still Too Often See Their Writing As THE Canon
I wanted to share this article I found: https://lithub.com/david-hayden-men-still-too-often-see-their-writing-as-the-canon/ ALong with a...
Valerie
May 30, 20181 min read
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Crying over Quiche
We've decided to change this month's meeting to SUNDAY, MAY 13 at 10:30 AM. It's gonna be a Sunday Brunch sesh; Laila is bringing fruit,...
Valerie
May 10, 20181 min read
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UK's Women's Prize for Fiction
Just wanted to share this news: UK's Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 shortlist is out! #WomensPrizeforFiction #fiction #awards #lists #UK

Valerie Brett
May 4, 20181 min read
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Reminder: the library has all our books & it's FREE!
Hello again: Despite the fact that a lot of the people in our book club either already work in libraries, or will eventually be...

Valerie Brett
Mar 22, 20181 min read
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Intro: Blindspot
Blindspot is a book about implicit social cognition. It bridges academic work with popular science, which is one of the things I love...

Valerie Brett
Mar 19, 20181 min read
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The Cover Detail I'd Never Noticed
I just noticed something about this book cover that may have been obvious to others, but just in case others haven't yet noticed this, I...

Valerie Brett
Mar 7, 20181 min read
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2018 Update
It's 2018 and we've met twice already (yay!) but now that it's March, and we're fully in the swing of things, you might be wondering:...

Valerie Brett
Mar 2, 20182 min read
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The Book of Joan: Discussion Q's
I came across the handiest list: discussion questions for The Book of Joan, which we will be discussing in-person on Friday! Please check...

Valerie Brett
Feb 14, 20182 min read
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Intro: The Book of Joan
We're going Sci Fi for February! The meeting is Friday, February 16 at 5:30 pm. It's an outdoor potluck (email or text me for the...

Valerie Brett
Jan 24, 20182 min read
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Intro: Alison Bechdel
Laila picked Fun Home for our current read (meeting on Jan. 5, 2018. OMG 2018?!!) and so I wanted to give a very brief introduction to...

Valerie Brett
Dec 16, 20171 min read
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Next 2 Picks!
Laila has kindly picked a book that should be totally painless to read over the holidays (well, maybe not emotionally? We'll see): a...

Valerie Brett
Dec 6, 20171 min read
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Jane Austen at Home is a Goodreads Choice Awards 2017 Finalist!
Jane Austen at Home, one of our book club picks this year, is a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2017! You can vote here. And,...

Valerie Brett
Nov 12, 20171 min read
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Intro: Kindred by Octavia Butler
First published in 1979, this book is the first sci-fi written by a black woman (what!? so cool!) and is a "combination of slave memoir,...
Valerie
Oct 22, 20171 min read
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A "Code-switching Connoisseur"
A book our group read, Boy, Snow, Bird, included (SPOILER ALERT!!!) Ok now that you were warned: Boy, Snow, Bird included black...

Valerie Brett
Oct 3, 20171 min read
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Fall 2017 Update
Hi everyone! Between summer school, travel, personal issues, etc. meeting in August unfortunately didn't work out. Everyone seems very...

Valerie Brett
Aug 30, 20171 min read
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Joining Goodreads
We have a group on Goodreads! I've noticed most of us aren't on there (or at least, I've only found a handful of you). I personally LOVE...

Valerie Brett
Jul 25, 20171 min read
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Do Women Only Care about Love?
I came across an article that made a salient observation: "While the male characters of literature built countries, waged wars, and...

Valerie Brett
Jul 24, 20172 min read
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Intro: Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Here's a very brief video introduction to the book, by its author Lucy Worsley. I'm only 25 pages in, but as I read, I just can't help...
Valerie
Jul 23, 20171 min read
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